Comment on Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption

• PanArab@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a speculative asset, based on the bigger fool theory. You need to sell it for real money to pay your taxes.

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• n2burns@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If a currency is agreed upon being valid by multiple parties, I’d argue it is “real money”.

  That right there. The vast, vast majority of people don’t think it’s valid, therefore it’s not real money.

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